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**Title:** Top 10 Scary Last Words from Prison Inmates
**Summary:**
The article lists the chilling final statements of 10 notorious prisoners before their execution. The inmates include:
1. **The Vampire of Dusseldorf**: Asked if he'd hear his own blood gushing after beheading.
2. **Carl Panzram**: Showed no remorse for murdering 21 people and harming 1000 others.
3. **Aileen Wuornos**: Made a bizarre, cryptic statement before her lethal injection.
4. **John Wayne Gacy**: Simply said "Kiss my ass" before his execution.
5. **Tom "Black Jack" Ketchum**: Taunted onlookers before being hanged for murder.
6. **Jeffrey Dahmer**: Said "Go ahead and kill me" (note: killed by a fellow inmate, not executed).
7. **Timothy McVeigh**: Quoted a poem, "I am the master of my fate..."
8. **Roger Keith Coleman**: Proclaimed his innocence before execution (later confirmed by DNA).
9. **George Engel**: Cheers "Hurrah for anarchy" before his hanging.
10. **Robert Alton Harris**: Philosophized about mortality, saying "everyone dances with the grim reaper".
Each entry provides a brief background on the prisoner's crimes and circumstances surrounding their execution.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, numbered and in short sentences, without opinions:
**1. General Facts**
1. In the US, it's customary for a convicted felon to have a chance to address the public with final words before execution.
2. The following list contains the last words of various inmates before their execution.
**2. Robert Alton Harris (#10)**
3. Robert Alton Harris was arrested on July 5, 1978, for hijacking a car with two teenagers.
4. He brutally murdered the teenagers and used the car for a bank robbery in San Diego.
5. Harris was charged with murder, auto theft, kidnapping, burglary, and bank robbery.
6. One of the arresting officers was the father of one of the murdered boys.
7. Robert Harris was sentenced to death in 1979 and executed in San Quentin's gas chamber on April 21, 1992.
**3. George Engel (#9)**
8. George Engel was an anarchist involved in activism and protests in the Chicago area.
9. A protest bombing in Haymarket Square (1886) resulted in the deaths of 7 police officers and 4 civilians.
10. Engel was arrested, charged with conspiracy, convicted, and sentenced to hanging.
**4. Roger Keith Coleman (#8)**
11. Roger Keith Coleman maintained his innocence throughout his conviction and until his execution.
12. He was convicted of murdering his sister-in-law in Virginia.
13. Coleman was executed, and later, DNA evidence confirmed his guilt (announced in January 2006).
**5. Timothy McVeigh (#7)**
14. Timothy McVeigh was behind the Oklahoma City bombing (1995), which killed 168 people and injured over 680.
15. The bombing is the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the US.
16. McVeigh was executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001.
**6. Jeffrey Dahmer (#6)**
17. Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys in the Milwaukee area between 1978-1991.
18. He was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms (not death penalty).
19. Dahmer was beaten to death by a fellow inmate.
**7. Tom "Black Jack" Ketchum (#5)**
20. Tom "Black Jack" Ketchum was an outlaw who murdered someone in 1895.
21. He was captured, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death by hanging for a train robbery in New Mexico.
**8. John Wayne Gacy (#4)**
22. John Wayne Gacy, known as the "Killer Clown," murdered at least 33 young boys in Illinois.
23. He was convicted of sexual assault in 1968 and later found guilty of the murders.
24. Gacy was executed by lethal injection after 14 years on death row.
**9. Aileen Wuornos (#3)**
25. Aileen Wuornos killed seven men who picked her up as a prostitute.
26. She was convicted and sentenced to death for six of the murders.
27. Wuornos was executed by lethal injection on October 9, 2002.
**10. Carl Panzram (#2)**
28. Carl Panzram confessed to killing 21 people and sexually harming 1000 males.
29. He was captured in November 1928 and later hanged for his crimes.
**11. The Vampire of Dusseldorf (#1)**
30. The Vampire of Dusseldorf murdered at least 9 people, with suspected additional victims.
31. He was sentenced to death by beheading for his crimes.
32. His mummified head is on display in a Wisconsin museum.